scrutiny

Definitions


[ˈskruːtɪni], (Noun)

Definitions:
- critical observation or examination
(e.g: the policy came under scrutiny last month)


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Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin scrutinium, from scrutari ‘to search’ (originally ‘sort rubbish’, from scruta ‘rubbish’). Early use referred to the taking of individual votes in an election procedure




definition by Oxford Dictionaries